Bestlite BL9S Pendant Ø16 cm

The Bestlite Collection

Bestlite has been in continuous production since 1930. Winston
Churchill is numbered amongst its many famous users. The Bestlite
design was conceived by Robert Dudley Best who was highly
influenced by the Bauhaus.

Bauhaus was a school in Germany that merged practical crafts
with the fine arts and became famous for the design concept that it
publicized and taught. Bauhaus had a profound influence upon
subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design,
interior design and industrial design and Bauhaus style became one
of the most influential forces behind Modernist architecture and
modern design.

Eighty years on, the Bestlite design stays close to its
industrial roots and true to its original design. Bestlite is held
in permanent collections at both the Victoria & Albert Museum
and the Design Museum in London. Loved by architects, designers and
design aficionados throught its 80-year history, today, Bestlite
enjoys global iconic status.

About Robert Dudley Best

Robert Dudley Best (1892-1984) was heir to the world's largest
lighting factory, founded in Birmingham in 1840. Despite its proud
history, Best felt that the lamp designs produced by the factory
were outdated. In 1925, Best visited the International Exhibition
of Modern Design in Paris, where many of the designs exhibited were
influenced by the work of Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.

Inspired by what he had seen, Best began his studies of
industrial design in Paris and Düsseldorf, where he became close
friends with Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus movement.
It was during this time that he made the first sketches of what
would become the iconic Bestlite design.

Robert Dudley Best

Robert Dudley Best (1892-1984) was heir to the world's largest
lighting factory, founded in Birmingham in 1840. Despite its proud
history, Best felt that the lamp designs produced by the factory
were outdated. In 1925, Best visited the International Exhibition
of Modern Design in Paris, where many of the designs exhibited were
influenced by the work of Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.

Inspired by what he had seen, Best began his studies of
industrial design in Paris and Düsseldorf, where he became close
friends with Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus movement.
It was during this time that he made the first sketches of what
would become the iconic Bestlite design.

Specifications

The pendant lamp is abailable in chrome with matt black,
off-white, white, porcelain and full chrome, brass with, black,
grey, white, porcelain and full brass. The colour of the textile
cord matches the colour of the shade.The full chrome and full brass
comes with black textile cord.